Metamorphosis
A few hours later he woke up. A quick survey of his surroundings let him know that he was still in the med bay acting as a space heater to Skye.
It took a few minutes but eventually the sleepiness left him. He looked at the medical equipment and found out that it was 10:30. He never slept past 9 so he knew he must've been exhausted. Probably the bond taking its toll.
"Hey yoooou." Skye said slurring her words. She started stretching, jutting out her chest (which was suspicious how good it looked considering she was in a hospital gown which are notoriously unflattering). Then she looked at him through the corner of her eyes. Fitz really wished he followed Simmons' advice and found someone to practice with.
"I know what you're doing." Fitz said avoiding her eye.
"Why what are you talking about Agent Fitz?" She said, trying to portray innocence. Also she did a scary accurate imitation of Jemma's (the most innocent person either of them knew) accent.
"No. If Simmons found us like THIS she'd pitch a fit. Let alone.... That. We'll have plenty of time later."
"But...." She said pouting.
"No pouting. You're 24 years old." Fitz said smirking. "There's been a lot of opportunities to bond. When you're healing from two bullet holes is not one of them."
Skye's face went dark. "Oh I'm sorry that's not what I meant." Fitz was scrambling. "We're together now that's all that matters." He said kissing her temple as a finish.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" The heard Simmons screech from the door; Bobbi standing directly behind her. She had a packet of papers in her hand and started smacking Fitz. "SHE'S RECOVERING FROM BLOODY GUN SHOTS AND YOU'RE LAYING ON TOP OF HER!"
Eventually Bobbi pulled her off. "Hi! I'm Bobbi by the way."
"Skye!" She said sticking her hand out.
Fitz got off the bed and kissed Skye. "She's right love. Wait a few weeks then we'll complete."
Eleven Months later.
SHIELD sucked. Kidnapped her as a baby. Kidnapped her as a 24 year old. Got her shot. Twice. Now gave her these freaky powers. Which would be a benefit if every person she ran into (including Jemma) wasn't telling her that people with powers need to be put down.
The only people actually consistently trying to see if she was ok was Hunter and Bobbi. Bobbi and her had become close considering their mates were best friends. And Hunter and Skye had become close after he comforted him about Idaho's-His platonic mate; words in a deep forest green compared to black, blue, or gray- death. At least he and Simmons got along even if he doesn't with Bobbi.
(Man for something that is supposedly so rare there were a lot of soulmates in this organization. May's mark even darken back to black and she and AC were back together and going at it like monkeys almost hourly. They had scarred Jemma and Skye after they had walked in on the two of them. Skye probably didn't help the situation by screaming "EWWWWWWW" Plus Ward got one after she shot him; maybe he'd leave her alone now and focus on them.)
And after all that Tripp was dead. Crumbled to dust. Trying to safe her when she wasn't even in danger. As bad as it sounds that wasn't even the worst thing.
The worst of it was the fact that Leo wouldn't come see her. She had asked May, Jemma, Coulson and Bobbi to send him down: yet nothing. He hadn't even stopped by.
This isn't the first time that they weren't talking or even the second. They stopped talking after the incident with Miles. They barely talked until she was shot. Then the med pod. After he woke up he wouldn't speak to her for months and she couldn't understand why. It wasn't until the Donnie Gill incident that he explained that he wasn't doing better and he didn't want her seeing him like that.
But this was something else. He was avoiding her pleas for help. She forced herself to calm down. It was a little harder since she didn't have the bracelet tracking her heart rate and sat down. There must've been a reasonable explanation for why he hadn't shown up.
Then there was a burning in both her palms. It had been there since the temple but then it just spiked. She decided to look at them.
"Nononononononononononononono.NO!" She was screaming. She remembered what Ward told her about his time in the Vault pressed them against the concrete wall and started rubbing them viggerously.
Then when there was no change she started banging them against everything. She heard footsteps and saw May, Jemma, and Hunter standing outside her cell... Room.
"What the hell are you doing!" Jemma practically screamed.
Tears streaming down her face she showed the three of them palms that had her new soulmark.
Left: Somehow I since
Right: rely doubt that.
They were across her palms vertically so that if she interlaced her fingers it would be one straight sentence. Right now they looked like typed letters but she had heard how they eventually morph into the proper handwriting.
Jemma put her hand over her mouth and even May looked horrified. No one had ever heard of losing a soulmark. They just turn Blue.
Hunter sprinted off and Skye sat down on the other side of the cot. This way the two women couldn't see her and curled up in a ball.
It made sense now; why Leo was avoiding her. His mark was on his forearm and he worked with his hands there was no way he didn't see the mark missing.
Skye wasn't stupid. She knew what happened in the med pod. Jemma and Leo stopped talking, Bobbi was pissed at him (subtlety), and until she left for HYDRA, Jemma wouldn't look Skye in the eye.
It hurt worse than anything she had ever experienced. The rejection from every Foster home. Watching Jemma toss herself off the back of the bus. Seeing Coulson after Raina's Memory Device. Ward's betrayal. Hell, even being shot twice. All of that didn't hurt as bad as that. All of that COMBINED didn't hurt as much as that.
But her stupid feelings for him caused her to forgive him no questions asked; yet there was an elephant in the room. She knew his feelings weren't nearly as strong for her as hers were for him. But now he was going to leave her. He had no more reason to stay.
She hated Ward. She hated her Father. Whitehall. Raina. Herself. She could've stopped her but her own curiosity got the better of her.
"Skye!" Leo called. She realized he had been there for a few minutes coming back with Hunter and Coulson. When she looked at him he waved his arm behind his head and the rest of them left or wanted her to think that. She could see all of them in the hallway outside listening to the conversation with Bobbi.
"Skye." He said this time much softer. He crouched down so he was on the same level. "You need to look at me."
When she did she saw him rolling up his sleeve. On it were her words. "You need to relax love." He pleaded. He looked terrified for her.
Once she calmed down enough she started talking again. She held out her palms and showed him the new words. "Bu.... But how?"
"It's a very rare.... A very rare... A very rare phen... A very rare phenomenon called a triad." he said grimacing. He then pulled the left side of his collar down to show new words for him as well. "Jemma's researching it for us."
"Hey! No more sciencing! You look exhausted you idiot!" She couldn't make out the handwriting and a horrible thought hit her.
"Oh God. Leo! Ward! He got a mark after I shot him? Oh God what if it's his words! I can't -- I can't deal with--"
"Skye! Skye! Skye! Look. This isn't his handwriting. This is a girl's." He stood up and said, "Now let me get back to work to get you out of here."
Despite his initial freak out; when he covered for her she didn't think she could love him anymore. "There's something seriously wrong with me...."
"No no no no no" he said patting her back. "There's nothing wrong with you. We all love you. There just needs to be a cool down period. Everyone is upset about Tripp." He kissed her forehead and said, "I will never, ever leave you. Not even if you beg."
"But I'm a mons--"
"Don't you dare say it!" He scolded her, and a warm fuzzy feeling filled her.
When they went to the lounge everyone was having a memorial for Tripp. Slowly everyone flittered out. All the were left were Skye, Leo, Jemma, Bobbi and May. Jemma was explaining to them the details of a Triad.
"I mean this is just so exciting! Another soulmate would be spectacular!" Jemma said, and immediately regretted it. "Not that having one isn't amazing."
"I know what you meant, Sport." Bobbi said, wrapping her arm around Jemma and then kissing her temple. She then pulled Jemma into her lap. Jemma told Skye that even after almost a year it made Jemma uncomfortable with the fact that Bobbi caarried her around like a small child sometimes. (Skye suspected that Bobbi picked up on it and did it on purpose for situations like these. But hey, if she didn't tell her to stop, how was Bobbi supossed to know?) Jemma went red with embarrassment and guilt then continued.
"I mean one person understanding you on that level no one else would is amazing but two! Studies show that most triads are completed fairly quickly so at least you have that!" Jemma continued this for at least another hour before Skye stood up.
She stretched and then said, "As much as I'm enjoying this I'm jumping in the shower. I really need to get this Quarantine feeling off my skin." And then as an after thought she added, "and you know, if anyone wants to join me."
May, Jemma and Bobbi all looked awkward then went back to talking. Normally if someone were to be this forward (including soulmates) everyone would tell them off. But it was no secret that Skye and Leo hadn't bonded since his accident. So they were very understanding.
They all knew how it felt to not have bonded for so long. Most pairs only went a week at most without renewing their bond. More than that was a little painful. They had started to get closer again even sleeping in the same bed again but they hadn't bonded yet and we're going stir crazy.
"Ummmmmm 'night ladies." Leo said, absently. All three of the other women plus Coulson (when the hell did he get here?) smiled.
An hour and a half- and four goes at it- later they actually made it to the shower. They were both all soaped up when they decided to have another go at it. She wrapped both her legs around his waist and his arm was up so their marks were meeting and the other was at the small of her back, (There wasn't as much hands stuff since the accident but he made up for it in other ways.) when she started crying.
He looked up once he started tasting salt. "What's the matter?" He said. He strokes her cheek a few times until she stopped.
"Nothing. It just everything is getting to me right now." She said before leaning towards his mouth again.
He stopped her. "If you don't want to tell me that is... It's uh... Fine" he said, his condition acting up, "but at least be honest."
"Sorry." She said the tears flowing freely now.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Are you going to tell me what is .. Um bothering you?"
"I thought you were going to leave me once the mark was gone."
"I would nev--
"I know what you said in the pod." She said curtly.
"Skye...."
"Don't bother denying it. I've known it from the second I stepped foot on the bus. You've been in love with her and I'm just second best.
There were a few seconds they stayed still on the still running water. "Are you- uh finished?" When she didn't say anything he continued.
"Of course I love her. She's my best friend in the world. Closer to a sister. We didn't have many options in the pod. I had a broken arm and was total rubbish at swimming. I would have never been able to get to the top. Jemma would've.
I knew she wouldn't let me sacrifice myself so I said something to throw her off guard before I hit the trigger. So yes; I love Jemma. But I'm IN love with you. I'm only in love with you. And maybe our third. I don't know yet.
But if you think that I'd leave you because of some mark on our skin; you're stupider than I thought. I was in love with you before I even knew we were soulmates. That makes our bond so much stronger." He said. More fluid than he had since he found out about the two of them.
She smiled sadly. "Let's finish up and then go to bed. We have a big day tomorrow."
After she was one hundred percent sure he was asleep she slipped out of the bed and started packing. Even though they made up, she couldn't stay here. To many people she cares about were here and she was unstable.
After she was done she wrote two notes. She left the first note on the table side for Fitz. The next was for Coulson.
Once she was finished she walked over and kissed him. "I love you, Leo."
He woke up slightly, "Wha?" He said as she put two ICER rounds in him, making sure he couldn't alert someone.
Once she approached the front hanger to the base she saw a tiny form camped out and Jemma noticed her. "So that's it? No even so much as a goodbye?"
"What are you doing?"
"Do you two take me for an idiot? Tripp died. Raina changed completely. And you just happened to be fine!"
"Jem--"
"You didn't even change the date on the DNA file for God sakes! You didn't think I'd notice when the file was labeled 'Skye's DNA File: GH-325 test 9 -9April2014'?" Jemma grabbed her hand "Please. Stay. We can fix this."
"And in the meantime I'll kill everyone. That earthquake in San Juan? It was caused by me! No, I'm sorry Jem." Before Jemma could respond, Skye whipped out the ICER and put two rounds in her stomach. The look of betrayal on her face hurt; but it was necessary. No one else will be hurt because of me.
She dragged her unconscious body to the nest and covered her with a blanket. And then she left the only family she had even known.
3 weeks later
Skye knew family was too good to be true. 3 weeks and not even a whisper of them. She wasn't bothering to hide or stay out of the cameras. Now she was delirious with fever on her way to Los Angeles to get her van.
Once she got her van she'd go to someplace like Alaska or Nevada. An open expanse with little people. This way she could never hurt anyone ever aga---
WHAM!
A car hit her from behind. She rolled up the hood of the car, and then there was the squeal of the brakes. She was launched off the roof eight feet in front of it landing in a heap on the ground.
She had suffered much more painful blows before (i.e. Ian Quinn.). But this on top of everything else was crippling.
She saw the car be put in park and someone ran out and came up to her.
"Please! Stay away! I'll hurt you!" She slurred, waving them off. When the person got close enough she whispered, "I'm a monster.
"Somehow, I sincerely doubt that."